Perfect Imperfection [Contest Winner Pool March 2007 Flower Photography]
Uploaded: March 12, 2007 13:14:37
f13, 1/6, 18-200mm lens at 60mm, natural light
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Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 12, 2007
I can't believe I'm the first on this absolutely GORGEOUS tulip, Colleen!!!! That background is perfect in bringing out the wonderful colors and details of the flower!!!!!! ^.^ #619683Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 12, 2007
Gorgeous Colleen, simple and beautiful floral image! #4047645John Connolly March 12, 2007
What a beautiful floral capture, Colleen! Love that BG! #4047653Tamara K. Walker March 12, 2007
beautiful presentation, I love the title. #4047714Colleen Farrell March 12, 2007
Thanks so much, Kitty, Donna, John and Tamara--I really appreciate your great comments! #4047792Linda M. Walker March 12, 2007
Beautifully done! #4047820Mike D. Perez March 12, 2007
Beautiful tulip presentation, Colleen. I really like the contrasting green background. #4047905Roxanne M. Bubar March 12, 2007
Gorgeous tulip and outstanding presentation. #4048004Colleen Farrell March 12, 2007
Thank you, Linda, Mike and Roxanne! :) #4048066Sam Britt March 12, 2007
Beautifully captured single tulip. Great background color. #4048259Tamera S. Phillips March 12, 2007
Stunning! I just love this one. Such beautiful detail and softness. #4048355Christy Nichols March 12, 2007
Beautifully captueredm Colleen!!! This is gorgeous! #4048463Colleen Farrell March 12, 2007
Thank you, Sam, Tamera and Christy! I appreciate it! #4048564Deborah Lewinson March 12, 2007
Excellent presentation of this beautiful single tulip, Colleen!Dr. Harmeet Singh March 12, 2007
This is so beautiful.......... #4048807Colleen Farrell March 12, 2007
Thank you, Debby and Harmeet! :D #4048818Janine Russell March 12, 2007
Colleen, excellent colors, detail, clarity and lighting. #4048912Rakesh Syal March 12, 2007
Simply superb, Colleen! #4048969Robert R. Goodman March 13, 2007
Hi Colleen,I see only perfection of a very of a very beautiful image.Wonderful color and clarity!!!!!!! #4049371Robert R. Goodman March 13, 2007
Hi Colleen,I see only perfection of a very beautiful image.Wonderful color and clarity!!!!!!! #4049373Anne D. Eigen March 13, 2007
Beautiful colors, and I love the simplicity and grace of this image, Colleen! #4049902Colleen Farrell March 13, 2007
Thanks so much, Janine, Rakesh, Robert and Anne! :D #4050462Holly Shao March 13, 2007
Excellent work, Colleen! Love it!Holly #4051172
Shelly A. Van Camp March 13, 2007
This is Beautiful! #4051318Colleen Farrell March 13, 2007
Thank you, Holly and Shelly! :D #4051442Marilyn Flanagan March 13, 2007
Exquisite, Colleen! #4051788Colleen Farrell March 14, 2007
Thank you, Marilyn! #4053641Ken Grooms March 14, 2007
Perfect. Should definitely see this again! #4055468Colleen Farrell March 15, 2007
Thanks so much, Ken--I really appreciate your encouragement! :D #4057075Robert Baer March 16, 2007
colleenColleen Farrell March 16, 2007
Thank you, Justin, for your great comments! #4061878Christina C. Moore March 17, 2007
Lovely! Nice simple composition.Colleen Farrell March 17, 2007
Thank you, Christina! #4064481Sandy Powers March 18, 2007
What a lovely flower photo! Tulips are my favorite, and this has such simple elegance. The exposure and focus are amazing! Looks like a winner to me :)#4067055
Colleen Farrell March 18, 2007
Thank you so much, Sandy! #4068066Heather Thorsen March 19, 2007
Simple and most beautiful picture Colleen. I love the colours. #4069875Colleen Farrell March 19, 2007
Thank you, Heather! #4070341Melissa G. Meiselman March 19, 2007
Exquisite composition with the single flower well displayed against the green background!! #4070353Colleen Farrell March 19, 2007
Thank you, Melissa--I appreciate your encouragement! :D #4070451Sam Britt April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Colleen! #4206319Tamara K. Walker April 24, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS. #4206339Chris Budny April 24, 2007
Pretty darned perfect, I'd say! Congratulations! #4206430Tamera S. Phillips April 24, 2007
Congrats again!! This one is so delicate and beautiful. #4206441Holly Shao April 24, 2007
Congratulations, Colleen, on this elegant and wonderful Finalist!Holly #4206658
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Colleen!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4206760Renee Doyle April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this stunning finalist Colleen!Nikki McDonald April 24, 2007
This is a beautiful finalist, Colleen. Congratulations. #4206954Arlene Krassner April 24, 2007
Lovely work Colleen. Congratulations. #4207399Cheryl E. Molennor April 24, 2007
Congratulations again #4207451Su Sana E. P April 24, 2007
Congratulations again, Colleen!! #4207578Esther Smith April 24, 2007
Way to go Colleen! Congratulations! #4207933Colleen Farrell April 24, 2007
Thank you so much, everybody, for your great encouragement and support! :D #4208239Joannie Bertucci April 25, 2007
Congratulations on #2 and counting! :-) #4208642Ron Roberts April 25, 2007
CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK...RON... #4208837Carol Teal April 25, 2007
Congrats again Colleen. I really like this one a lot! #4209811Robert Baer April 25, 2007
colleenChristy Nichols April 25, 2007
Congratulations again, Colleen!! Another gorgeous finalist!! You go girl! #4210797Colleen Farrell April 25, 2007
Thank you so much, Joannie, Ron, Carol, Justin and Christy! :D #4211244Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2007
Big congrats again Colleen :o) #4212648Aimee S. McMaster April 25, 2007
...congratulations again, Colleen....awesome...Aimee #4212723Robert R. Goodman April 25, 2007
Congratulations Colleen!!!! #4212836Colleen Farrell April 25, 2007
Thank you so much, Sylvia, Aimee and Robert! :D #4212860Glenn E. Urquhart April 25, 2007
A Big Congratulations on your Finalist Award!!! Well Deserved, Cheers, Glenn. #4213407Ken Grooms April 25, 2007
I just got Christopher Baker's "Tulipa" book in the mail today. This photo looks EXACTLY like one of Baker's masterpieces!! #4214009Colleen Farrell April 26, 2007
Thanks so much, Glenn and Ken! That's very cool, Ken! I ordered the book, too--it's coming by media mail so may take awhile to get here. I'd really like to do a whole series of flowers like this; not many have the graceful form of tulips, though!Shawn Jennings April 26, 2007
Beautiful shot Colleen! Definately a winner in my book. Congratulations on your finalist! #4217102Colleen Farrell April 26, 2007
Thank you, Shawn! #4217674Regina L. Rickert April 26, 2007
Congratulations on a gorgeous finalist, Colleen! #4218137Colleen Farrell April 27, 2007
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